diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0b7d9799408..fdee4c55d08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: test:browserstack
         env:
           BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME: emberjscoreteam1
-          BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          # This is in plaintext on purpose. It has no privileged access to anything (this is a free
+          # account) and it allows us to run browserstack tests against PRs.
+          BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY: o5LNEdygq1SP4L9kst4s
         run: yarn test:browserstack
 
   production-test: